The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-27
Religious Notes.


Drummond: The whole cross is more easily
carried than the half.
The desire fer liturgical service is RAPIDLY
growing among the Nonconformists of England
The Presby terians of Australia are endeavoring
to raise $50, 600 for church extension, for the
extinction of church debts and for ministerial
training.
1t is becoming fashionable for the clergymen
OF almost all the denominations in London to
form little companies and visit Palestine in the
cary spring
The Swedenboreians have given to clergymen
1855 volumes of two of their publications and
have sold and distributed 80, 793 pocket editions,
and ,25o.0 tracts.
Sam Jones says that in all his fourteen years
preaching he never found a place where the peo-
pie would sit up honestly and take the plain
naked truth as they will in Boston.
Richmond Religious Herald: Says the Rev.
DR.. A. E. Owen: 1.-The largest thing in this
world is the heart of converted man. Drop
the continent of America into converted heart
and it will rattle.
The riddle of the world is understood
Only by him who feels that God is good
AS only he can feel who makes his love
The ladder of his faith and climbs above
On tn rounds of his best instincts
There are in the foreign field 1900 ordained
missionaries, 730 laymen, aud $500 women who
have been sent out by the Protestant churches
of Britain, America and the continent of Europe
into all parts of the heather and Mohammedan
world.
lions Herald: To feed the mind on evil
thoughts is an indulgence which is sure to de-
form the character and produce vile actions in
the life. The secret indulgence in such bad
mental food will make itself visible in deeds
done ION the house-top
The Southwestern Advocate indicates. It
says. referring to the session of the Mississippi
conference at YaZoo City: ''Bishop Merrill had
his home with Mr.. and Mrs Washington Rose
well-todo negro family, members of our
church. cordially invited, dined with and
preached for the Southern Methodist PASTOR
= On the day of his coronation, George III
composed a prayer, which for brevity and
good sense has rarely been eaualed It was
afterwards found in his desk. 1t read thus:
keep me- Lord from silly and unguarGed
friends. aud from secret and designing enemies,
| aud give me those things that are best for me,
| through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
well-known clergyman's little daughter has
just been put to bed and upon the stiffness comes
a tiny voice in the nightly PRAYER. Then. ST.
| lence, soon broken by these words: And, dear
| Lord, this afternoon l out upon the cold
| sidewalk poor little GIRL and she had no shoes
| or stockings on-and--and"-anot silence as
| though staggered by the immensity of the PROB
| lem-sits none Of our business, is it, Godl"
Few mon have had such career as James
| Ashton the patriarch 'ot the Methodist Episcopal
] Church in Dover N. Ell. He has been fifty Ave
years member of the Methodist Episcopal
| Church and fifty five years local preacher forty
years class cleader, and ffty-three years CON
| nected with the Sabbath-school For forty-two
| years he has been treasurer of the poor fund of
| the church. and still lives in excellent health.
| somewhat interesting movement is that
| which lately originated among tbs prominent
| and wealthy Jews of Spain, which looks toward
| making that country the refuge of their race
| from all nations where they are oppressed. The
| Spanish Jews are yery numerous and their bet
| ter classes claim descent from David and the
| other kings of Israel. 1t remains to be seen,
| however, whether Spain will prove attractive to
| those of their race in other lands.
| An anti Christian newspaper of London adj
| vises that an invalid Christian has gone to Men
| tone, because the Lord answers prayers against
! rheumatism much more favorakly in q war;,